Just ordered myself one of these.
http://www.guitar-kits.co.uk/electric-guitar-kits/flamed-maple-prs-style-p60.htmlGod knows why. I can't afford it, I've nowhere to put it, and I've even been toying with learning to play a completely different instrument, but there you go, it's done now.
Need to work out what sort of finish to put on it. I quite fancied something in blue, but the last time I tried that with Wudtone, it came out green and the last time I tried to spray something it came out cracked.
:-SAny ideas? Havering between Pelham blue and a deeper, royal blue atm.
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Still no ideas on how to finish it, but I do know that the wiring diagram doesn't match the wires they've included (different colours - and two of the wires are doubled up, like an old-style kettle cable sort of thing). Whatevvs, they don't look of huge quality.
Any ideas where I could find something better? I've had a look on the usual suspects, but while you could be crushed under the weight of strat, tele and lp wiring, PRS style wiring is non-existent.
Not sure about the Wilkinson pick ups either, but I'll live with those for the moment. There's no great rush, either way.
They haven't drilled any holes for the bridge pins or tailpiece, so I'm having to measure out the scale length, which is fine. The website says it's 628mm, but I've measured the distance between the nut and the bridge side of the 12th fret and it's 315mm, giving a scale length of 630mm.
So I have a series of related questions. I would normally work these out for myself, but given my record for making a pig's ear of things, I thought I'd ask instead.
A) as the saddles are adjustable, where exactly should I measure the distance to (my guess is smack in the middle of the bridge, so I can adjust back and forth for intonation);
do the extra 2mm (628mm listed v my measured 630mm) really make that much of a difference, given that I can adjust the individual saddles by twice that amount;
C) should I give it the extra 2mm and make it 630mm to compensate for the slight adjustment in tone I'll get as I press the strings down on the frets; or
D) am I measuring from and to the right places (ie, should I be measuring to the middle of the 12th fret or the nut side of it)?
Any advice welcome, apologies for continued numptiness.
So that's another 27 quid wasted, cos I don't want another green one.
Any ideas on how I could get a blue finish that still shows the figuring of the maple, like a typical PRS would?
The alternative to going with a more purpley blue is to bleach the wood before finishing with a wood bleach. Its rarely 100% successful though, depends on the wood.
This is why consistently pale figured maple is so expensive
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Point taken about the rest of it, though. Not sure I'm confident enough to bleach it properly, though, so I may just give it a going over with tru-oil. What would happen with that?
EDIT: And before anyone says anything, I'm not expecting anything blue to come out of the Tru-Oil bottle, either!
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As for Tru-oil showing the flaws, wudtone does this as well. I've already sanded out as many of the scratches as I can see, but there are bound to be more, always are.
Thanks anyway, Wez, I appreciate your help.